2025 R18 Sat - Canberra v St Geo Illa @ GIO

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NRL 2025 - Round 18
Canberra Raiders v St George Illawarra Dragons
GIO Stadium Canberra, Bruce / Ngunnawal (TICKETS)

Saturday 5 July 2025
NRL kickoff 5:30pm
Live on Fox, Kayo

1. Kaeo Weekes 2. Jed Stuart 3. Matthew Timoko 4. Sebastian Kris 5. Xavier Savage 6. Ethan Strange 7. Jamal Fogarty 8. Corey Horsburgh 9. Tom Starling 10. Joseph Tapine 11. Simi Sasagi 12. Zac Hosking 13. Morgan Smithies 14. Owen Pattie 15. Noah Martin 16. Trey Mooney 17. Ata Mariota 18. Chevy Stewart 19. Pasami Saulo 20. Joseph Roddy 21. Danny Levi 22. Ethan Sanders

Out: Josh Papalii (front row)
In: Trey Mooney (bench)
Changes: Corey Horsburgh (lock to front row), Morgan Smithies (bench to lock)

1. Clinton Gutherson 2. Sione Finau 3. Moses Suli 4. Corey Allan 5. Tyrell Sloan 6. Lyhkan King-Togia 7. Kyle Flanagan 8. Emre Guler 9. Damien Cook 10. David Klemmer 11. Raymond Faitala-Mariner 12. Jaydn Su'A 13. Jack de Belin 14. Jacob Liddle 15. Loko Jnr Pasifiki Tonga 16. Hame Sele 17. Michael Molo 18. Blake Lawrie 19. Viliami Fifita 20. Nicholas Tsougranis 21. Lachlan Ilias 22. Jacob Halangahu

Out: Valentine Holmes (centre), Nathan Lawson (wing), Luciano Leilua (second row), Toby Couchman (bench), Hamish Stewart (bench), Viliami Fifita (bench to reserve)
In: Sione Finau (wing), Tyrell Sloan (wing), Raymond Faitala-Mariner (second row), Loko Jnr Pasifiki Tonga (bench), Hame Sele (bench), Michael Molo (bench)
Changes: Corey Allan (wing to centre)

Referee: Gerard Sutton
Sideline Officials: David Munro, Michael Wise
Video Referee: Ashley Klein

HEAD TO HEAD - 1999 - 2024​

	TOTAL	CANBERRA	ST GEO ILLA	DRAWN
ALL MATCHES	39	25	13	1
GIO	19	15	4	0

LAST FIVE MEETINGS​

YEAR	ROUND	RESULT	VENUE	CROWD
2022	Round 16	ST GEO ILLA 12-10	WIN	7069
2022	Round 22	CANBERRA 24-22	GIO	11216
2023	Round 7	CANBERRA 20-14	GIO	13817
2023	Round 19	CANBERRA 36-26	WIN	9369
2024	Round 27	CANBERRA 26-24	Netstrata	11189

BIGGEST WINS​

YEAR	ROUND	RESULT	VENUE	CROWD
1999	Round 7	ST GEO ILLA 44-2	Kogarah	12237
2007	Round 17	ST GEO ILLA 58-16	WIN	7561
2020	Round 18	CANBERRA 37-8	WIN	2588

NEXT FOUR MATCHES​

	Round 19	Round 20	Round 21	Round 22
CANBERRA	(BYE)	PARRAMATTA (H)	NEWCASTLE (H)	ST GEO ILLA (A)
ST GEO ILLA	SYDNEY (H)	CANTERBURY (A)	NORTH QLD (A)	CANBERRA (H)

LAST THREE MATCHES​

	Round 15		Round 16		Round 17
CANBERRA	(BYE)		WESTS TIGERS	W 16-12	NEWCASTLE	W 22-18
ST GEO ILLA	CRONULLA	L 18-30	(BYE)	PARRAMATTA	W 34-20

STATE OF PLAY: 2025 SEASON​

	POSITION	PLAYED	BYES	W-L-D	FOR	AGAINST
CANBERRA	1st	16	1	13-3-0	434	330
ST GEO ILLA	11th	14	3	6-8-0	306	351

LOWER GRADES
CANBERRA	ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA
NSW Cup v Western Suburbs (WST), GIO Stadium, Saturday, 12:30pm Jersey Flegg v Wests Tigers, Raiders Belconnen, Sunday, 2:00pm	NSW Cup v Manly, 4 Pines Park, Sunday, 1:45pm Jersey Flegg v Manly, 4 Pines Park, Sunday, 12:00pm

 

[Valheru]

Canberra close to a loss. Not having big paps in the pack might be what gets the dragons over the line

 

[This Year?]

Teamlist Tuesday will be fun.

 

[Bobby DIGital]

Hopefully we get to see Trey Mooney in action.

 

[Victoire]

I remember a time when we were back-to-back minor premiers, when we'd go on huge winning streaks and even win a damn comp... but we'd STILL get lapped by the Raiders in Canberra.

 

[skeepe]

Hopefully we get to see Trey Mooney in action.

Was really hoping he’d be a permanent member of the first grade squad by now.

I know he’s always thereabouts and probably next man up when Papalii leaves at the end of the season, but I really thought this would be the season he put it all together.

 

[Bobby DIGital]

I remember a time when we were back-to-back minor premiers, when we'd go on huge winning streaks and even win a damn comp... but we'd STILL get lapped by the Raiders in Canberra.

Remember the Soward field goal and cocky strut back, which was then followed by a short Raiders kick off and Dugan scoring off a McCrone grubber to steal the win? Dragons signed both of those guys due to that play probably.

 

[Vic Mackey]

Im tempted to tip Saints, but I just want to see that crazy Insta fan who hates Kyle lose his mind again.

Canberra by 8

 

[Victoire]

Remember the Soward field goal and cocky strut back, which was then followed by a short Raiders kick off and Dugan scoring off a McCrone grubber to steal the win? Dragons signed both of those guys due to that play probably.

Nah I don't remember that game in 2011 at all. Pretty sure we didn't lose 4 straight games after that Canberra nightmare to tumble from 1st down to 6th just before the finals either. And I highly doubt that we signed Vidot, Joel Thompson, Sam Williams and Bronson Harrison too. Nonsense.

 

[Ruby Roundhouse]

we love swapping players

 

[Trifili13]

Nah I don't remember that game in 2011 at all. Pretty sure we didn't lose 4 straight games after that Canberra nightmare to tumble from 1st down to 6th just before the finals either. And I highly doubt that we signed Vidot, Joel Thompson, Sam Williams and Bronson Harrison too. Nonsense.

I prefer to remember the chaos times of 2016 when Simple Jack through an intercept to Aitken in his own 20m in GP for the winning try. There was also a power outage as the Dragon's forgot to pay the electricity bill in the same game.

 

[Bobby DIGital]

Nah I don't remember that game in 2011 at all. Pretty sure we didn't lose 4 straight games after that Canberra nightmare to tumble from 1st down to 6th just before the finals either. And I highly doubt that we signed Vidot, Joel Thompson, Sam Williams and Bronson Harrison too. Nonsense.

Ahh the average ol days. I think our home winning streak over the Dragons went from 2000-2014 when you signed our kryptonite: Benji Marshall.

 

[This Year?]

Remember the Soward field goal and cocky strut back, which was then followed by a short Raiders kick off and Dugan scoring off a McCrone grubber to steal the win? Dragons signed both of those guys due to that play probably.

I was about 20 rows back around near the 20 metre line on the same side of the field that Dugan scored the try..
I went with a couple of mates who told me all week the Dragons would win while I told them all there was no chance in hell.
After Soward kicked the field goal my friends told me I should have faith and I told them to stfu cos there was still 1 minute left.
The moment Dugan scored I got up and headed to the exit amidst the loud celebrations of Raiders fans and didn't say a word for about 2 hours after the game.
I never went to another game with them again.

 

[Ruby Roundhouse]

the emre guler cup

 

[Vic Mackey]

I was about 20 rows back around near the 20 metre line on the same side of the field that Dugan scored the try..
I went with a couple of mates who told me all week the Dragons would win while I told them all there was no chance in hell.
After Soward kicked the field goal my friends told me I should have faith and I told them to stfu cos there was still 1 minute left.
The moment Dugan scored I got up and headed to the exit amidst the loud celebrations of Raiders fans and didn't say a word for about 2 hours after the game.
I never went to another game with them again.

Some crazy games between these two.

I still love the golden point game at kogarah when the lights werent working so one corner was basically pitch black.

Jack Wighton throwing a pass that would make Zac Lomax blush to be intercepted in the last minute of golden point

Utterly hilarious

 

[gerg]

Some crazy games between these two.

I still love the golden point game at kogarah when the lights werent working so one corner was basically pitch black.

Jack Wighton throwing a pass that would make Zac Lomax blush to be intercepted in the last minute of golden point

Utterly hilarious

I remember one game more than a decade ago where raiders were just terrible at home, so much so I was standing at the top of the stairs for the last ten minutes, ready to rush to the exit - such was my disgust. There was a Dragons supporter next to me, sobbing with joy about finally beating us. A few minutes on the clock I shook his hand and congratulated the Dragons for finally breaking the hoodoo.

Next minute we've somehow won the game. Shit was absolutely hilarious. I think it was the game that Soward stormed off the field without shaking anyone's hand.

 

[This Year?]

Some crazy games between these two.

I still love the golden point game at kogarah when the lights werent working so one corner was basically pitch black.

Jack Wighton throwing a pass that would make Zac Lomax blush to be intercepted in the last minute of golden point

Utterly hilarious

There's always something with Raiders v Dragons.
Last year at Kogarah was the Horsburgh chip and chase which deflected off RFM and sat up perfectly for Horsburgh to score the match winning try
The year before was the Ben Hunt hold-down at Wollongong to save the game, then the return game at Canberra where fox league tried to create controversy when Feegai got tackled at the end of the game.
The year before that there was one of the best post try celebrations re-enacting the Bairstow Ashes run-out.

There's always something between these two clubs and Saturday will deliver.

 

[Chief_Chujo]

My fav Raiders/Dragons game was this beauty



I was convinced after this that all the young talent had us on the verge of greatness. Then Campos knee exploded and Dugan turned out to be worse than a 1980s Kambah kid.

 

[Bobby DIGital]

My fav Raiders/Dragons game was this beauty



I was convinced after this that all the young talent had us on the verge of greatness. Then Campos knee exploded and Dugan turned out to be worse than a 1980s Kambah kid.

I forgot about the Miller missile on Weyman.

 

[skeepe]

I remember one game more than a decade ago where raiders were just terrible at home, so much so I was standing at the top of the stairs for the last ten minutes, ready to rush to the exit - such was my disgust. There was a Dragons supporter next to me, sobbing with joy about finally beating us. A few minutes on the clock I shook his hand and congratulated the Dragons for finally breaking the hoodoo.

Next minute we've somehow won the game. Shit was absolutely hilarious. I think it was the game that Soward stormed off the field without shaking anyone's hand.

This one? When the Dragons kicked a field goal with about 90 seconds left only to let us regather the short kick-off and score a try?

This was our only win in the last 9 games of that season. Dragons were defending premiers while we only just avoided the wooden spoon on for and against.

And they still couldn’t beat us.